Blood lead concentration and delayed puberty in girls

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1527-1536

  Selevan, Sherry G ^a   Rice, Deborah C ^a   Hogan, Karen A ^a   Euling, Susan Y ^a   Pfahles Hutchens, Andrea ^a   Bethel, James ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DELAYED PUBERTY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PUBERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037451912     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa020880     Document Type: Article

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